Revisión de los conceptos contexto y circunstancia en la teoría de referencia directa para indexicales de D. Kaplan.

Abstract

The problem of indexicals in semantic theory can be analyzed from two different points of view: A theory of indirect reference or a theory of direct reference. Each of these perspectives entails very different assumptions about "indexicals" and the meaning they refer to. In the first case, indexicals refer to objects of the world through the mediation of sinn. In the second case, to which Kaplan's theory of demonstratives belongs, indexicals are considered as directly referential. In other words, a mediation or sinn between the expression and the object it refers to is not necessary. When leaving aside the notion of sinn, other concepts come into play, such as the concepts of context and circumstance. The aim of this paper is to analyze the importance of these two concepts in the theory of direct reference by D. Kaplan, their role in the theory and their implications.

Keywords:

Circunstancia

contexto

indexicales

semántica

referencia

Context

circumstance

indexicals

semantics

reference

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